Today on Quantum Vibe: The Five Pillars minus Alyss Strip 2043 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2020-01-10
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
Dark plans fall like thunderbolts.
Quantum Vibe
A thousand years in the future, humanity has colonized worlds in nearly
100 galaxies, thanks to Quantum Vibremonic technologies developed five
centuries earlier. Other new technologies have created various
off-shoots of humanity and extended life expectancies five-fold. The
story begins with how a mad scientist and his plucky assistant, along
with their robot friend, brought humanity to the stars, and continues
with the adventures of some unique people in fantastic places.
Kickstarter successful and closed [ May 19, 2026 ]
The Kickstarter campaign for Not-Safe.Space Chapter 3 concluded successfully on April 21, and Scott extended the time allowed for late pledges until May 19.
Books have been ordered from the printer and Scott will be spending the next week or so setting up and sending the PDF files to those who asked for them.
(There are still six of you who have not responded to the survey asking for e-mail and snail-mail addresses, he'll do the best he can.)
Panel 1
Looking past the backs of Martello et als' heads at the four present members of the Five Pillars: Kofi Akosah, Lorelei de Clayre Jorge Ansari, and Enrique Colón.
Caption (at top): The Five Pillars of Bubbleopolis (minus Alyss Roaz, absent)
Jorge: Knowing you, Dominic, your Bill Ward nudes are probably knock-offs.
Caption (under Jorge): Jorge Ansari
Colón: First we need to beef up our defenses so another strike like this will fail.
Caption: Enrique Colón
Panel 2
Focus on Kofi, next to Colón. He's speaking to Verma, who we see from high and behind.
Kofi: How soon can we double the perimeter outposts?
Caption: Kofi Akosah
Verma (OP): In about 10 days. But that won't do much good.
Kofi: Why not?
Panel 3
Include Verma and Kāng, flanked by Martello and Montoya
Kāng: Because a two-megaton iron 'space-turd' coming in at 9/10ths of light-speed would blow right through anything we might throw at it to stop it.
Panel 4
Martello smiles, leans back in his chair
Martello: Gennelmens, I recommend you set up those extra perimeter stations, pronto.
Martello: I have an idea how we can deal with any more high-speed turds, iron or otherwise.
Martello: I just need a one-minute warning.